I lovin it... My Iphone

Finally I would say my most expensive phone, Iphone, is well spend (after 6 mth of usage).

Just last week, I need to print some documents as my printer down. Actually was to meet at my friend's house to print. At the same time he ask me to send him thru email so he can print now from office. I was at outside my house, and all I need is WIFI and send him the email. I went to MacDonald and Voila!
He got the email and printed from office and meet me with the printed documents after his work.

Today I went to gym and watch movie on my Iphone while running on treadmill. Amazing! The 10 mins that used to be the longest 10 mins become like 3 mins in running...

I begin to love my Iphone even more... and I lovin it...

1st (Digital) Painting ever

Not much to do all this while so play with my tablet (It had been colleting dust for few month, just to make sure it working)...

Suddenly an idea struck me and decide to draw something funny... After 1 hour plus...

May I present you my 1st painting titled:

Attack of Godzilla in Spore, with Screamer...

Broken NRIC

Today while taking my NRIC from my wallet, it tear into 2 piece...

After year of bending, pressure from my butt, it finally give way...

Does that mean I going to have spilt identity from now? We shall see...

SGT(H) (Serangoon Garden Technical, Hostel)

S.G.T., S.G.T., Our - own dear school hostel.

That is my secondary school, Serangoon Garden Technical School, song.

After 7 - 8 years, left vacant and finally got plan for the empty school. To become a mini town of foreign workers. (where the former Hong Wen School to become hotel. Same is school but different fate.)

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/373328/1/.html
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/373797/1/.html

No wonder the residents are complaining, esp those living opposite and along the Burghley Drive.
From when I in the graduating year, 1997, there are news that my school is going to close down and merge with other school as it may be rebuild it into condominiums...
Standing there since in the late 60's and beginning opening by PM Lee then, where it has been a school for me and my 2 aunties.

Ever since I left 1997, and went back once in 1998, to visit my teacher and till now never went back... (pass by during last year when I was working nearby as an outdoor AE)
It really flashback my old school time. (although I not active in school nor have a wonderful time there, but now it really make me miss the days)

Really miss those days in early dawn morning assemble in basketball court, facing the field you will see a cloud of morning mist where those walking from the field will cause a ghostly figure...
and speaking of ghostly, there are spooky stories about our school since it there since late 60's. There are rumour of dwarf sighted playing inside the science lab at night, colourful light inside top storey girl toilet spotted by nearby residents, the haunted tree in the field where there is story of a student who hanged himself after failing his exam, the eerie stand alone toilet building near the field, and many more.

And it too remind of fun time where I first time played in the rain with my good friend after the sport club training was cancel, playing hide and seek with my photography club member, who were also my classmate in the photography dark room, and developing photo using chemical.

During my senior years, we cut queue during the recess, eat within the table that are so called allocated to senior student. And during in class, we got our personal cupboard for keeping textbook and every time before lesson start, those sitting near there, will distribute the textbook around. Everything is arrange neatly according subject textbook. even some put their pencil case including me.

And PE lesson, we used to change in gardening club room, instead of toilet where my classmate got access to it, where we call it the bat cave. After PE, some of us hang our shorts on the window to dry and later told by teacher to take down after she complain too ugly.

Although situated at the landed property area, does not make us a branded school, but sadly got complain from residents. And taking bus to school in the morning, we have to squeeze and fight for standing place with students from other school... And Best of all, we do have good food after our class at chomp chomp, KFC, Mac, and kopi shop around serangoon garden.
(Those day we don't have coffee bean and tea leaf cafe or chill out restaurant, only fast food and kopi shop)

Hopefully the Serangoon Garden "Holland V" will not changed to Serangoon Garden "Little India"...

Moonlight Resonance (家好月圆)

No link to the 1st season, Heart of Greed (溏心风暴). But similar plot, with same old casts but new roles.

Story about a happy family with 6 children , Jia(家), Hao(好), Yue(月), Yuan(圆), Qing(庆), Zhong(中), running a small famous mooncake shop.

As the story go on, unhappiness soured in the family, with mother-in-law angry with her daughther-in-law, Ho(荷) for causing the death of her younger son. Taking the advantage of situation, Jo's(祖) lover, Hong(红), whom worked in his bakery shop and has long time affair with him, urge him to divorce with his wife, Ho and marry her.

After Jo and Ho split, They estrangled in lawsuit for their children custory. With judge decision to award 3 children to each of them, making the brothers and sisters separate from each other.

10 years passed, story go on with Jo's mooncake business under Hong management doing very good while Ho's small time cake shop struggling to make end meet but living happily with her son and daughters.

A well worth to watch drama with each exciting episode of mother love, family kinship of happiness and sadness , quarrelling and conspiracy stir by jealous stepmum and money-mind relatives in the family.

Still running in Hong Kong, will be this year mooncake festival theme drama...

Iphone launched finally

(picture are from www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=18&id=2670)

At the stroke of midnight to 22 Aug, Iphone finally arrived at our shore. Fans had waited since the launched of Iphone 1st generation, and today Singaporean fans can finally buy from Singtel store. As for the launch, fans have been start queueing up as early as 12 hours before, and probaby now enjoying sliding their iphone with their finger...

Although it launched on my birthday, It will be nice if Singtel offer me as a birthday present, after all I also a Singtel customer for so long... (Don't mind to have one more since I already owe one, can use as back up phone... you all know how "long life" is the battery...)

My most expensive handphone bill

After getting my most expensive phone (in Mar), most expensive watch (in June) now come my most expensive handphone bill to date.

Thaks to my most expensive phone "clever" design to use internet, check email even GPRS is disable in setting... (if WIFI is disable but it will not auto enable to check email, wonder if there a conspiracy between telco and apple)

After occurance of 30+ and now 70+ buck of data usuage, I decide to cancel my GPRS to prevent any further damage...

And then came my credit card bill with no payment and a 5 buck rebate from GSS...

So there is a sliver lining in every cloud...

My own fin (at last)

Finally got to add to my basic dive equipement, fin.
Buying fin is such a headaches where different people give different reviews and comments... after so many turning rounds, finally bought the fin which I did not expect to get.

At first, was aiming for Force Fin, but found out the cost is almost half of my D6 (dive computer), Then switch to Scubapro Jet Fin Revo, jap ver. of Jet Fin, then to Jet Fin because of price again, But Jet Fin did not fit comfortable in my large bootie, and realised that my bootie size too large (which I reckless bought at ADEX08).

Switch to TUSA Tri-ex, Mares Super Channel, Apollo Bio-Fin and finally Atomic Aquatics Split Fin, recommend by friend of dive shop happen to be there, which happy fit comfortable with my new correct size bootie

And thus the marriage went well and alas I bought it both...

My 1st YouTube

Finally got to post my 1st video in YouTube...
Seem my goal to IM getting near...Haha

Euro 08

Germany Euro 08 Team

This goal that caused Germany of Euro 08 Cup by Spain, Torres at 33 mins

After 4 years, 2 International Cup, still can't wear my Germany jersey proudly...
as Germany lost to Spain by 0-1 in the Euro Cup 08... (Spain is arguely good and Germany not that bad either, and poor Ballack miss that goal otherwise it would be a draw. He really "Bo Luck" in this game...)

Have been Germany fan since my poly time, after I was selected to study german language... since then have been craze about Germany, dreaming to get into exchange program, if I score German Language distinction but ended up my result was passable...

Since 2006 World Cup, have been starting supporting DFB by buying jersey, bought training and authenic home jersey (which cost 100+), but since lost to Italy in Semi-final and landed in 3rd place after wining to Portugal, I have not wear my the home jersey since then, only until this year, I wear to Taipei for holiday...

This time bought training jersey as didn't like the design of home jersey. At least I got to wear once before the match on Sunday...

My most expensive watch

Finally after 1 year of wait and planning, I got my my own dive com, Suunto D6

and I never bought such an expensive watch, before was my Casio Protek which cost less than 30% of the D6... (although I have fancy on Tag Heuer since my school day...)

I fall in love with D6 when I first saw it. I love the design, the time display... and it like what I looking for my ideal watch...

It time to buy D6 as I going to Manado Trip in August, after all I wanted to have my own dive com, which is important for diver, as they can monitor their depth and timing in water...

This coming sat I going to test water on my D6 and oso refresh my diving skill...

BYOB is not MYOB

We now have to mind the business

BYOB (Bring your Own Bag) is started on last year April and it been more one year, and from 4th June onward every Wednesday is BYOB day instead of once a weekly affair.

Plastic bags, not biogradable, have linked to global warming and recently everyone is complaining about the heat... Should we do something instead of complaining?

It time we do something, and Ikea have start the ball rolling by not providing plastic bag to every customers, instead customer have to paid for each plastic bag they took, It a great start.

Although we have to start this culture recently and not everyone is not comfortable but many do not realise it a problem. But if everyone start this as baby step i sure by next year, everyone will be comfortable with it.

Together we can save Gaia by reducing plastic-bag
Brought my re-usable bag to NTUC yesterday and got rebate for BYOB, not bad for BYOB. Why not start now...

My D(elay)-Card

Finally, after 780 days of waiting, I finally received a call from my operator yesterday, that my C-Card, (Certification-Card) is ready for collection...

Thanks to a bunch of monkeys* who lost my application form during my dive trip in 2006 and I had seek help directly from the operator to re-submit (can't trust those bunch of monkeys* anymore, after 2 disappointment encounter with them)

And again dun know what happen to other side of application office, who first delay, then send wrong printing, then delay, and delay again.

If not for the recent ADEX, where I happen to see my operator who then accompany me to see and complain to the agency. I think it might be in someone's rubbish bin...

*monkeys - some bunch of idiot that just dive for free by doing orgainsing dive trip in their school, whom got I-not-paid-why-care attitude.*

Wriggy in my fruit

My first post not to be proud of but is what i found not 1 but a bunch of wrigggy worms in my dragon fruit. Oh my...

It started when my mother give me cut fruit and there i start happy eating and after a few pieces (can't remember how many) i see some small white thing like "ikan bilis". I began to wonder, what the... is "ikan bilis" doing with my fruit. so i began to filp more to check and my... a bunch of happily bunch of wriggy "white baby dragon" happy swmmin bottom of my fruits.

So there i began to shout and throw the fruit away and to my dismay, i saw more bunch of wriggy "white baby dragon" swimming in the skin of the peel fruit...

Anyway does it look ikan bilis to you, or would you eat fruit with ikan bilis?...